Posted on 18. Aug, 2016 in Death, Grief
Our pieces this week come from 2008, this first one looking at dealing with grief. People grieve through bereavement, divorce, disaster, diagnosis and dismissal. Grief is about loss, and in coping, people have to undergo a transition in which they have to come to terms with a new situation. Ted Bowman is a respected American […]
Posted on 28. Jul, 2016 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Conflict, Death, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values
Aid To the Church In Need (ACN) is a registered charity running directly under the Holy See which is dedicated to support the suffering and persecuted Church throughout the world. Founded in 1947 by Fr Werenfried van Straaten, whom Pope John Paul II named “An Outstanding Apostle of Charity”, the organisation is now at work […]
Posted on 09. Jun, 2016 in Charity, Church Teachings, Conflict, Death, Grief, War / Civil Unrest
Michael Zammit SJ, the Middle East Director of Jesuit Refugee Service visited Aleppo, Syria shortly after the air strikes on the city hospital. He condemns what he sees as a deliberate targeting of hospitals to drive people out of the city. However he added that despite the bombings life in Aleppo was continuing in a […]
Posted on 09. Jun, 2016 in Caring for Children, Community, Death
Losing a child is one of the most heart breaking things for a parent to experience. Anam Cara was set up by Sharon Vard when she lost her own daughter Rachel and found that there was no support group for bereaved parents. They offer peer support by way of a bereavement group. They meet informally […]
Posted on 02. Jun, 2016 in Christian Values, Community, Conflict, Crime, Death, Economy
Rev Alan Boal is a Presbyterian minister in Findlater’s church in north inner city Dublin – very close to the scene of the latest killing in a feud between two families from the area. Because of this he says that the Pope’s call to gangland criminals and organised crime bosses in this “Jubilee Year of Mercy” […]
Posted on 19. Nov, 2015 in Achievement, Art, Death, Education
Michael Paul Gallagher, a Jesuit and Renaissance man who was a renowned author and academic recently passed away. Last week we played a piece from the archives on his work on imagination and belief and this week we hear form Brendan Stauntan SJ who was a friend and colleague. He begins by talking about how […]
Posted on 19. Nov, 2015 in Christian Values, Conflict, Crime, Death, Grief
The dreadful events in Paris causes everybody to wonder where this violence came from and what led up to it? Sometimes different agendas get played out and people seize their chance to push a course – Rumsfeld in US after 9/11 used the occasion to go after Saddam Hussein; Marion Le Pen in France today […]
Posted on 12. Nov, 2015 in Death
Fr Michael Paul Gallagher, well-known Jesuit theologian and educator died last Friday. The former Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Gregorian University in Rome was a highly regarded writer and his books include ‘Clashing Symbols’ and ‘Free to Believe’ (DLT). He was also a great communicator, who had spoken to Soul Waves Radio on several occasion. […]
Posted on 29. Oct, 2015 in Christian Values, Death, Ecology
The month of November is a time to remember the dead. It is a time when the hibernation of nature in preparation for the rebirth of spring reminds us of the natural rhythm of life and death. Even more it reminds us of our Christian Faith with its emphasis on birth, death and resurrection. The […]
Posted on 22. Oct, 2015 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Death, Gospel Values, Humanitarian Aid, Refugees, Uncategorized
Dr. John Newton with Miriam Gormally Persecuted and Forgotten? A report on Christians oppressed for their faith 2013-15 was compiled by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. The report assesses countries where there are violations of religious freedom. It concludes on the warning that if the exodus of Christians continues from Iraq and Syria that […]